AI is in desperate need of designers–in part, because machine learning products often originate in the world of research, where design principles are rarely applied. Closing the gap between researchers and designers is the goal of Google’s People + AI Research (PAIR) initiative, which launched earlier this summer. PAIR aims to establish design principles for AI systems and build tools for designers and developers as AI moves quickly from the research lab into the products we use every day. At PAIR’s first conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this week, researchers from Google, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Illinois presented their ideas on machine learning systems that have human needs at their core. Based on their comments, here are three problems AI is currently facing–and how the right design could help.
https://www.fastcodesign.com/90144510/3-problems-with-ai-only-designers-can-solve/
Defined by the World Economic Forum as ‘broadcasting, publishing, advertising, and gaming’, the media industry is all-pervasive in modern life. For audiences, it provides daily news, entertainment and information. For marketers, it’s direct to channel to a network of customers. Advancements in technology have fundamentally changed the way the media industry operates...
https://www.clickz.com/the-state-of-media-transformation/113738/
Google might not be as responsible for the spread of fake news as social media, but the search giant is still doing something about it: burying known sources of fake news, and letting users weigh in, too.
Google frequently tweaks the algorithms that return relevant search results, sometimes privately, and other times publicly. In this case, Google announced Tuesday that about 0.25 percent of all daily search results have been returning “offensive or clearly misleading content,” and those results will be pushed lower in search results in favor of more authoritative results.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3192354/data-center-cloud/google-will-try-to-combat-fake-news-using-search-and-user-feedback.html/
Feedback is the nexus between user needs and product development. But gathering and using it effectively doesn’t come easily; it’s one of the trickiest things to get right. Users are fickle, often misguided about what they want, and will give feedback you’ll want to build for but should completely ignore. This is a tough racket.
Like any business challenge, great execution is a composite of focusing on the right things while filtering out noise. By getting in the right state of mind when talking to customers, you can avoid missteps and use feedback to its full potential....
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-wu/better-user-feedback-starts-with-the-right-state-of-mind_b_9154940.html/
What Acton doesn’t mention in his modest post is that he was a co-founder of WhatsApp, not just a regular staffer. And as such, he’s worth an estimated $6.6 billion, thanks to Mark Zuckerberg’s historic purchase of WhatsApp in 2014. He’s already donated shares valued at hundreds of millions of dollars to community issues, and this Facebook post marks a more direct step out of the business world and into the nonprofit universe....
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2017/10/17/a-tech-billionaire-seeks-to-improve-the/
According to eMarketer, 48 percent of marketers decided to increase their budget for influencer marketing in 2017. And only four percent had plans to decrease their budget.
If you’re thinking of running an influencer marketing campaign, it can be a little daunting:
- How to do I discover the right influencers?
- What’s the best way to reach out to influencers?
- What does success look like?
We’d love to help you answer these questions and more…
https://blog.bufferapp.com/influencer-marketing-guide/
We explored using social media for customer feedback with Mandy Yoh of Review Trackers! In the discussion, we talked about why we share feedback with the products/services we use, the best ways to collect and utilize feedback, and strategies for responding to all kinds of feedback!
Catch our weekly Twitter chat, #bufferchat, at TWO times every Wednesday for valuable industry insights and networking with nearly 400 other smart marketers and community managers. Same topic, same place, just at different times – feel free to join in to whichever chat time works best for you!
https://blog.bufferapp.com/social-media-for-customer-feedback-a-bufferchat-recap/
Developing a successful product line doesn’t have to be a fumble in the dark. Here are seven best practices for bringing your baby to market as efficiently and economically as possible.....
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/244616/
Technology like smartphones and wearables are helping consumers to stay connected always. This has resulted in a seismic shift in the marketing as well. It has become important to understand the tactics of succeeding in the digital marketing efforts to delight the customers. You need to use these tactics wisely to excel and thrive in this ever-growing and impossible-to-predict industry. Whether you are leading a social-driven startup or a large enterprise, you need to be digitally connected. Currently, a large number of organizations and brands are having a higher focus on digital initiatives due to intense competition in the digital marketing landscape. As per a study, the worldwide digital advertising expenditure would amount to 229.25 billion U.S. dollars in 2017 and would grow to 335.5 billion by 2020.
http://customerthink.com/10-ways-to-excel-in-your-digital-marketing-efforts/
In today’s digital world, it’s not about the big eating the small. It’s the fast that beat the slow, and the nimble that outmanoeuvre companies constrained by old systems and business models. The rapid pace of innovation and disruption means businesses must continuously transform themselves to stay ahead of competitors.
Speed and agility are the name of the game. IT must respond faster than ever to shifting business needs. To succeed at digital transformation, companies must rethink how they design, build, deploy and source enterprise applications. They must adopt new approaches that accelerate delivery and anticipate, and even bake in, ongoing changes.
https://www.itproportal.com/features/5-ways-to-break-the-rules-and-win-at-digital-transformation/
